Ceramics Vessel 1st Attempt at Handbuilding

This is my first ceramics vessel.  I used the coil building technique~ roll out tubes of clay, layer them up in a coil, smooth the layers together.  Goal at this stage was to create a smooth vessel with consistent wall width.

leather hard stage, unfired, the snaky relief lines represent twisting lotus roots

 

This is the piece fired once then under glazed.  I actually prefer this color to the color of the final piece.  

the final piece with clear coat glaze

I am really enjoying working in ceramics, and brand new medium for me.  I am hopeful that someday soon the extra resources will appear and I will find an electric kiln on Craigslist.